Advice, how-tos and therapy for Product Managers working in challenging and traditional environments. We write about every aspect of product management from product strategy and continuous discovery, to product execution and go-to-market.
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What happens when a product manager stops specifying and starts shipping
I’ve spent twelve years telling engineers what to build. But in March, I built something myself. Like, with my own actual, bare hands (insert gif of mad scientist here).
And it wasn’t just a prototype. It wasn’t a Figma file dressed up as...
Story mapping when there’s no user stories
Many of the challenges I’ve faced since becoming a product manager were ones I expected. Dealing with competing requirements, constant context switching and difficult stakeholders comes with the role.
Of course, the real challenges are oft...
Product Principles, Revisited
Three years ago, I created seven guiding principles for the work of Kin + Carta’s Product Practice (now part of Valtech). Designed to support brilliant work, they served us well – anchoring work across multiple industries, technical context...
A Little Product Déjà Vu
Introduction
This piece started forming on a Friday evening, glass of rosé in hand, after a week of heavy context switching. I was trying to wind down and my brain wasn’t quite cooperating.
So while winding down, I jotted down five pa...
PRD, RIP?
Picture the scene. You’re a stakeholder in an upcoming product initiative, and you’ve just been handed a 40-page Product Requirements Document to review. Your name is in the document header, there’s a meeting in three days, and your job is...
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A community of Product Managers determined to discover and share the techniques that drive outcomes in challenging environments. We believe product breaks, but together we can fix it.
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Product Leader - From a lean engineering background I have built launched and managed products in forty two countries across multiple industries. I now help clients build their product capabilities with Valtech.
I’m a Product Manager in Bristol, UK, building digital products that improve outcomes. I work in complex public-sector systems and champion ethical, sustainable product management that embeds social value, accessibility and long-term impact.
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